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ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam-- The 644th Combat Communications Squadron sent a command and control (C2) vessel team to participate in a training simulation on Camilo Osias Naval Base, Santa Ana, Philippines, June 30, 2023 to July 10, 2023.
The team consisted of two Airmen, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Goeppinger and Tech. Sgt. Austin Macklin, agile communications instructors with the 644th CBCS. They worked aboard a 42 foot Catamaran boat alongside the 58th Rescue Squadron with the Philippine Air Force.
The trainings involved networking battle spaces to connect tactical teams to their headquarters which enabled the tactical teams to execute all five phases of personnel recovery: report, locate, support, recover and reintegrate.
The trainings also enabled real-time threat updates and current operating picture data on the Secure Internet Protocol Router to be analyzed and passed to the Ground Force Commander (GFC) instantaneously at Clark Air Base, Philippine Air Force base on Luzon Island, Philippines, which was the main hub of the operation.
“We provided the communication support to be able to accomplish a lot of the tasks 58 RQS was trying to accomplish, for example, practicing water rescue, down pilot rescue, and Tactical Combat Casualty Care,” said Goeppinger.
In order to gain Air Force Network connection the 644th CBCS set up Starlink, a wireless internet that works off of satellites, and the 58 RQS set up and tested MPU-5 and PRC-163 radio connection.
During the training the C2 boat team was connected by radios to a medical boat, a helicopter and a ground team with cloud relay to the hub at Clark AB.
The 644th CBCS was able to proactively get alerted first, direct from the pilot beacon which enabled faster response-to-incident due to not relying on the Personnel Recovery Coordination Cell to notify of a downed pilot. Additionally, this training proved that Starlink can be used on boats/mobile vehicles.
“It’s important to show and to know what communications can bring to the table, we can give you NIPR and SIPR to access whatever you need on whatever platform or mobile vehicle you have and we can do it quick,” said Goeppinger.
| Date Taken: | 07.21.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 07.23.2023 22:28 |
| Story ID: | 449689 |
| Location: | US |
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